'''Shimon Peres''' (1923 - ) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]] and the ninth [[President]] of Israel, a role that is more ceremonial than its United States equivalent. He has had a long history in Israeli politics and shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his role in the [[Oslo Accords]] in 1994. Unfortunately, that early promise for peace never materialized.
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'''Shimon Peres''' (born 1923) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]] and the ninth [[President]] of Israel, a role that is more ceremonial than its United States equivalent. He has had a long history in Israeli politics and shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his role in the [[Oslo Accords]] in 1994. Unfortunately, that early promise for peace never materialized.